Lacing-holder.



I L. HLUCHY.

LACING HOLDER.

APPLIG'ATION FILED APILBZ, 1910.

Patented July 22, 1913.

coLumnm mlmommvu 00., WASHINGTON. n. v,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LIBOR HLUGHY, OE PRIBRAM, AUsTltlA HUNGAflY, ASSIGNOR TO JENNY BITTER, NEE MERT'IENS, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

LACING-IIOLIDER.

To all whom. it may concern..-

Be it known that I, Linen Hnucnv, a subject of the King of Bohemia, and residing at Pril iram, Bohemia, Empire of Austriallungary, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Lacing Holders, of which the following is a speci fication.

The subject of my invention is an improved lacing-liolder, which is of extremely simple construction and can be most readily and yet firmly secured in position.

A practical embodin'lent of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, the lace being shown in section, Fig. 2 an end elevation, Fig. 3 aplan, and Fig. t a longitudinal section on the line I-I of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of a double eyed washer, and Fig. 5 is a section through the same on the line TI-TI of Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the holder secured in position, and Fig. 7 is an underside view of Fig. 6.

The new holder consists of a frame or shell 1, which may be made of a strip of stamped sheet metal bent into rectangular shape. The ends 2, 3 are brought close together at the corner 4t of the shell and are downwardly directed. The end 8, which is a prolongation of the side 5 of the shell, is considerably shorter than the end 2, which extends from the side 6. The extremities of the two ends 2 and 3 are pointed and one or both ends may be inwardly bent. The sides 5 and 7 are provided with studs 8, which may be pressed or drawn out of the material. These studs serve as journals for a small pulley or roller 9, which has a. groove 10 to accommodate the lace 16.

11 represents a. washer, consisting of a. rectangular plate having two oblong, parallel openings 12, 13. To fasten the holder to the leather 14 or the like, a, slit must be pierced in the latter, of such size as to admit of the two ends 2, 3 of the shell being passed through. The washer 11 is placed with its opening or eye 12 over the ends 2, 3, which protrude through the leather. Hereupon the ends 2, 3 are bent over and pressed through the aperture or eye 13, the shorter end 3 curving around the bridge 15 of the washer, and entering the leather, thus constituting a hook. The end 2 takes over the end 3 and enters the leather below Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1910.

Patented July 22, 1913.

Serial No. 557,010.

the margin of the washer; it thus serves to lock the end 3 in place. This method of attaching the holder is exceedingly secure, and yet admits of the holder being reinoved without injury to the leather. Such a holder, therefore, can be readily replaced by a new one, should it become damaged, since the slits to be made in the leather have merely to be large enough to admit the ends 2, 8, and can be employed again to receive the ends of the new holder.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. A lacing-holder, comprising a frame having pins projecting inwardly from its top and bottom 'alls, and a pulley rotatably mounted on the pins, said frame consisting of a metal strip bent to form a shell, one end of the strip constituting a prolongation of one side-wall of the shell and being longer than the other strip-end, which extends at a right-angle from the shell-base, and lies throughout its entire length with its plane face closely against the plane face of the first said strip-end, both strip-ends having sharp points so as to form fasteningmeans, sl'ibstantially as described. 2

2. In combination, a piece of fabric, and a lacing-holder, comprising a pulley, and a frame in which the latter is vertically mounted, consisting of a metal strip bent to form a shell, whose base rests on the face of the fabric, the ends of the strip lying closely together at the point of junction of the base and one wall and passing immediately at such junction-point, and at rightanglcs to the base, through a. common hole in the fabric, and jointly reentering the back thereof below the shell, the strip-end which extends from the said wall being longer than the other strip-end, and lying tightly against the same and thus covering it and looking it in position, substantially as r'lescribcd.

3. In combination, a piece of fabric, a. lacing-l10lder, comprising a. pulley, and a frame in which the latter is vertically mounted, consisting of a metal strip bent to form a shell, whose base rests on the face of the fabric, the ends of the strip lying closely together at the point of junction of the base and one wall and passing i1nmediately at such. junction-point, and at right angles to the base, through a common hole which extends from the said shell-wall being longer than the other strip-end and lying tightly against the same, thus cover ing and looking it in position; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LIBOR HLUGHY.

Witnesses MiLosLAv HRUBi, FRANTIsEK MA'roUsY.

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